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106th Infantry Regiment

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Code name: 狼一八七〇二
Higher formation: 第四九師団
Depot district: 京城
Raised at: 京城
Colours received: 昭19.6
Commanding officer: 十時和彦
Main theatres: the Pacific War
Action: the fighting for Meiktila

War record

Formed at Keijo (Seoul)→under the 49th Division→25 February 1945, a garrison force was hurriedly put together (under Major General 粕谷留吉) to meet the British forces crossing the Irrawaddy at Meiktila→March, tried to retake Meiktila but the general attack failed→the regiment took crippling losses, with the whereabouts of its colours unknown→8 April, the regimental commander 十時和彦 took his own life

When the whereabouts of the regimental colours became unknown, the regimental commander took responsibility for the defence and took his own life.

Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本誌面82

At Meiktila in Burma the regimental colour went missing, and the commander took responsibility and took his own life on 8 April 1945. The colour had been received ten months earlier

Men of this unit

竹原三郎中将第四九師団長
粕谷留吉少将第二野戦輸送司令官。メイクテーラで現地部隊を指揮
十時和彦 — 歩兵第一〇六連隊長。軍旗の所在不明の責を負い四月八日自決

この部隊の紙片は、まだ蔵にありません。

This card is made only of facts copied from one book. Only what can be confirmed against a primary source will one day become 🟢. An empty field means the book does not say. Nothing has been filled in by guesswork.

Source: 戦史の本誌面82

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